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Cricket

P. & T. Cricketers Beat Edgecumbe

P. and T. beat Edgecumbe yesterday by a lead of 33 in the Ist innings, Edgecumbe 56, *P. and T. 89. Edgecumbe made 41 in the 2nd innings.

Took 48 Years To Deliver Letter

A-man who missed the last post in Australia has had his letter delivered in England—but it took 48 years to travel 11,000 miles. Back in 1900 the Moravian left Melbourne before Arthur Spears had time to post a letter to his aunt. He had a bright idea. He put the envelope in a * bottle which he threw overboard, hoping it Would ) soon drift ashore.

It was found only last August on the beach of Wilson Promontory, most southerly point of Australia. The finder obligingly carried out the instructions with the latter andposted it on. Yellow with age, but still legible,' it arrived recently at Gloucester Place, Brighton. But the aunt ho longer lives there, and cannot be traced.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BPB19490110.2.38.2

Bibliographic details
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 39, 10 January 1949, Page 5

Word count
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158

Cricket Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 39, 10 January 1949, Page 5

Cricket Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 39, 10 January 1949, Page 5

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